Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 102:

In page 23, to delete lines 8 to 12 and substitute the following:“ “(1) The Authority shall issue to local authorities and the Garda Commissioner guidelines concerning the establishment and maintenance of joint policing committees by local authorities and the Garda Commissioner.”,”.

Under the proposed legislation the authority will issue the joint policing guidelines to local authorities and the Garda Commissioner only after consulting with the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Our amendment proposes to remove the requirement to consult with the Minister and, therefore, to give more power to the authority, which is in line with the Bill we introduced in 2013 or 2014.